[Python] How to get the version number of the latest stable release of Python via single HTTP...

I'm working on a script that needs to download the latest binary version of the Python interpreter from the python.org website.

How do I get the version number of the latest stable release of Python?

Unfortunately, the CPython repository on Github is not using Releases, so I can't get the latest version via releases/latest, and the only option I currently see is parsing the python.org website, which isn't a good one since it depends on the future python.org redesigns.

I'd like to be able to get the version number via a single HTTP request if it's possible.

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